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What is US Open?
US Open or United States Open Tennis Championships is an international tennis tournament played on hard court. It is the fourth Grand Slam tournament of the year, which is played over two weeks between late August and early September. The other three Grand Slam tournaments are Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
Since 1978, all the US Open matches have been played on acrylic hard courts of the US Tennis Association (USTA) National Tennis Centre, which was renamed as USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in 2006 in Queens, New York.
Categories in US Open
The US Open consists of 5 major categories in which the matches are played. They are men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.
History of US Open
US Open is one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world. It began as the US National Championships in 1881 as a national men’s singles and doubles tournament. Earlier, the tournament was open to only clubs affiliated to the US National Lawn Tennis Association. The tournament was later expanded to include women’s singles in 1887, women’s doubles in 1889, and mixed doubles in 1892.
The tournament was played at various locations until 1978 and thus was played on a variety of surfaces. Since 1978, the matches have been played on acrylic hard courts. In March 2020, the Open announced that Laykold would become the new court surface supplier for the tournament.
The last edition of the tournament was attended by 737,872 people.
Prize Money
The total prize money for the 2018 edition of US Open men’s singles was $53 million. For women’s singles, the prize money was $40,912,000. The prize money accounts for 80.9% of total player base compensation.
In 2020, the prize money was increased to $53.4 million in total player compensation, with $7.6 million dedicated toward player relief from coronavirus pandemic.
In 2017, the prize money was £31,600,000, an increase of 12.5%. The Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles champions received £2.2 million each. In 2019, the total prize money was increased to £38,000,000.
Latest Updates on US Open
Allaster became the US Open tournament director in 2020, the first woman to hold that position in the history of a tournament first held in 1881.
Just 23, Sinner already reached No. 1 in the ATP rankings a few months ago and, on Sunday, collected the second Grand Slam trophy of his career and of the year by defeating Taylor Fritz
Men's champion Jannik Sinner nearly doubled his lead as the ATP's No. 1 a spot he's held since June a day after defeating Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Nado Italia, Italy's anti-doping agency, likely have only one more day to challenge the decision announced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA)
Sinner won 2nd Grand Slam trophy of his nascent career in January and prevented No. 12 Fritz from ending a major title drought for American men that has lasted 21 years.
The most successful players in men's singles competition in the Open era are Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, and Jimmy Connors, who all won five titles each.
Taylor Fritz will be looking to create history as he is the first American man to play in a Grand Slam final in over 15 years. Sinner will be aiming to add a US Open title to his collection.
Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed, got past No. 6 Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in a rollicking final under a closed retractable roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Playing in her second consecutive final, Sabalenka won the tie against USA's Pegula in straight sets (7-5, 7-5)
First-time finalist, USA's Jessica Pegula knocked out world number 1 Iga Swiatek on her way to the final. However, Belarus's back-to-back US Open finalist Aryna Sabalenka stands in her way.
The No. 6-seeded Pegula, a 30-year-old from New York, has won 15 of her past 16 matches and will meet No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka for the title on Saturday.
Jessica Pegula will now face unseeded Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic on Thursday for a berth in the final.
Not since the 2003 U.S. Open have there been two American women and two American men in the semifinals at the same major.
The 30-year-old American hid it well, pulling off a big upset by easily beating Swiatek 6-2, 6-4 at Flushing Meadows and earning a debut trip to the semifinals at a major
Sinner, who took over as the title favorite after Week 1 exits by Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, is the only man remaining in the field with a Grand Slam trophy
The eighth seeded Indian-Indonesian pair registered a 7-6(4) 2-6 10-7 win over fourth seeds Ebden and Krejcikova
Swiatek was tied at 4-all with No 16 Liudmila Samsonova on Monday night before grabbing seven straight games en route to winning 6-4 6-1
Two weeks removed from being cleared in a doping case stemming from two positive tests in March, Sinner moved into a showdown against 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev
Three-time defending US Open men's doubles champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury were eliminated in the third round
The No. 20 seed will attempt to match the best Grand Slam result of his career when he faces No. 9 Grigor Dimitrov on Tuesday for a berth in the semifinals